Numbers

The statistics here generally reflect the activities of the Real Estate Commission during the period from May 1, 2004 to April 30, 2005.

Contact

• 175,000 telephone calls

• 6,900,000+ website “hits” (a 329% increase)

Publications

• 1,000,000+ publications distributed to licensees, consumers and applicants

Technology

• Online license renewals increased 38%

• 5,700 student rosters electronically processed for CE courses (a 211% increase)

Licensing

• 161,000 license record changed

• 13,061 applications processed for licenses by examination (a 14% increase in addition to a 23% increase last year)

• 11,729 license examinations

administered (a 12% increase in addition to a 23% increase last year)

• 6,937 licenses by examination issued (a 17% increase in addition to a 26% increase last year)

• 3,832 broker licenses issued without examination (a 16% increase in addition to a 20% increase last year)

• 436 licenses issued by reciprocity (a 17% increase)

• 1,235 firm licenses issued (a 23% increase)

• 276 expired, surrendered and suspended licenses reinstated

• 372 license applications regarding character issues reviewed by Commission (a 22% increase)

• 154 license applicant conferences conducted (a 25% increase)

• 10 new private real estate school licenses issued and 50 renewed

Education

• 44 real estate instructors approved and 30 renewed

• 69 new continuing education elective courses approved (for a total of 348 courses)

• 19 new continuing education sponsors approved (for a total of 192)

• 12 new continuing education Update Course instructors approved (for a total of 120)

• 47 Broker-in-Charge Course sessions conducted for 3,115 licensees

Audits/Investigations

• 89 field investigations completed

• 173 trust accounts examined

• 380 persons interviewed

• 26 trust account sessions

conducted for 1,031 students (a 30% increase)

Legal

• 1,128 case (complaint) files opened and 1,048 closed

• 18 licensees reprimanded

• 54 licenses suspended

• 40 licenses revoked

• 11 licenses surrendered

• 47 cases utilized conditional remedies

• 14 Recovery Fund hearings

conducted

• 59 license application hearings held (a 127% increase)